By Diane-Laure Arjaliès and Tima Bansal Guest Writers The European Union and China recently tabled extensive proposals for sustainable finance that will jump-start their clean innovation. While the world is moving forward, the United States is turning inwards and backwards. Which ...
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Could Obama’s Legacy Be Biden’s Elegy?
By Yvonne Sam Guest Writer As former Vice-president, Joe Biden, utilizes President Obama’s esteemed status among Democratic voters, as the means of protecting himself from the plethora of candidates jockeying to be the next White House occupant, could he be ...
Read More »Is It Safe To Drink Alcohol While Breastfeeding?
By Stephanie Liu, Erin Manchuk and Shannon Ruzycki Guest Writers Is it safe to drink alcohol and breastfeed? As physicians, we have always cautioned patients not to. As mothers, we look forward to the occasional glass of wine. We also know that ...
Read More »Guyana’s High Court Throws Out Accountant’s Request Calling For End To House-To-House Registration
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, July 23, 2019 (CMC) – Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire, today, dismissed an application by chartered accountant, Christopher Ram, calling for an order to stop the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) from continuing its house-to-house registration, ahead of the next ...
Read More »Two Caribbean Judges Elected To Serve On UN Dispute Tribunal
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, July 23, 2019 (CMC) – Two Caribbean nationals have been elected to serve as “half-time” judges on the United Nations Dispute Tribunal (UNDT). Justices Francis Belle, of Barbados, and Justice Eleanor Donaldson-Honeywell, of Trinidad and Tobago, will serve ...
Read More »Haiti’s Prime Minister Resigns; President Fills Position Same Day
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, July 23, 2019 (CMC) — Yesterday, President, Jovenel Moise, announced that he had accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Jean Michel Lapin. Lapin had earlier told the local newspaper, Le Nouvelliste, that in offering his resignation, ...
Read More »Chartered Accountant Files Court Motion Seeking To End House-to-house Registration In Guyana
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, July 23, 2019 (CMC) – Chartered accountant, Christopher Ram, yesterday, filed an application for a Conservatory Order to prohibit the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), the Chief Elections Officer, and/or the Commissioner of National Registration from conducting or continuing ...
Read More »Guyana’s Private Sector Group Calls For Immediate End To House-To-House Registration
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, July 22, 2019 (CMC) – The Private Sector Commission (PSC) is calling on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to immediately halt the house-to-house registration, it started last Saturday, as the country gears up for fresh regional and general ...
Read More »Have You Found “The One”? How Mindsets About Destiny Affect Our Romantic Relationships
By Gery Karantzas Guest Writer If you listen to any number of love songs, dating “experts”, or plunge head first into a romance novel, you’re likely to think it’s in our destiny to find that special someone – your soul-mate. ...
Read More »Cricket’s Duckworth-Lewis Method: How To Work Out Who Wins When Rain Interrupts
By Russell Gerrard Guest Writer When both teams involved in a one-day international cricket match have their full allocation of overs, the team scoring the most runs is the winner. There is, however, a regrettable tendency for the weather to ...
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